Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: interesting article about Greek community housing design

[Dick Margulis (dick]

On 7/21/2020 8:57 AM, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L wrote:
> If by resilient performance you mean the mixing of residential and commercial uses in one building, it is banned in cities here. Buildings are either residential or commercial. 

Sharon, if by "here" you mean Virginia, that may be true. If you mean 
the US in general, it's not true everywhere. Many cities have zones 
where the first floor is commercial (often including the basement 
beneath the store) and upper floors are residential.